PPP leader asks Govt to bring privatization issue in Parliament
- 13-Jan-2026
ISLAMABAD: People’s Party offered respect to the PTI in Sindh, when you respect someone and he abuses you in return at your home, it should not happen, PPP leader Chaudhry Manzoor said in media talk on Tuesday. PPP’s People’s Labour Bureau in-charge was talking to media along with Senator Palwasha Khan here. “They could not […]
Parliament passes National Commission for Minority Rights Bill 2025
- 02-Dec-2025
ISLAMABAD: The joint sitting of the Parliament on Tuesday passed the National Commission for Minority Rights Bill 2025 with majority, along with its amendments, after protest of the opposition, ARY News reported. The bill presented by Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar was opposed by the opposition members over clause 35 of the National Commission […]
Nepal protesters set fire to parliament building: spokesman
- 09-Sep-2025
Kathmandu: Nepali protesters broke into the nation’s parliament on Tuesday and set the building ablaze, an official said, after the prime minister quit in the wake of a deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. “Hundreds have breached the parliament area and torched the main building,” Ekram Giri, spokesman for the Parliament Secretariat, told AFP. Nepal’s veteran […]
Egypt scraps decades-old rent caps, fuelling eviction fears
- 04-Sep-2025
CAIRO: The rent on Khaddara Ibrahim Ali’s cramped apartment in downtown Cairo was just about the only expense she could count on staying stable as waves of soaring inflation and subsidy cuts ate away at her modest income. Thanks to a decades-old rent cap, Ali, 84, pays just under 11 Egyptian pounds ($0.23) per month […]
Iran police disperse pro-hijab protesters outside parliament
- 30-Mar-2025
TEHRAN: Iranian police have dispersed a weeks-long sit-in by demonstrators supporting the mandatory head covering for women, state media reported, after authorities deemed the gathering illegal. The demonstrators — largely women in black full-body robes — staged the sit-in since last month outside the parliament building in Tehran. Since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, women have […]
India suspends parliament again in row over U.S. action on Adani
- 27-Nov-2024
NEW DELHI: India’s lower house of parliament suspended proceedings for a second day on Wednesday after disruptions by lawmakers demanding a discussion of the U.S. indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani, while stocks of his group’s companies clawed back some losses. Last week U.S. authorities accused Adani, his nephew and executive director Sagar Adani and managing […]
Chinese PM likely to address parliament’s joint sitting
- 10-Oct-2024
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, who will land in Pakistan next week for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, is likely to address the joint session of parliament. The Chinese premier will arrive in Pakistan on October 14 for the SCO summit set to take place on October 15-16. According to Speaker National Assembly […]
Japan PM dissolves parliament for ‘honeymoon’ snap election
- 09-Oct-2024
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved parliament on Wednesday ahead of October 27 snap elections, banking on his political honeymoon and a fragmented opposition to lead his scandal-tainted party to victory. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has governed Japan almost uninterrupted for decades — albeit with frequent leader changes — and is almost certain to […]
IHC declares PTI MNAs physical remand null and void
- 13-Sep-2024
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declared the eight-day remand of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers as null and void. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq announced the reserved verdict after hearing arguments from the both parties. This development comes as ten arrested PTI members were recently issued production orders to attend the National […]
More PTI leaders arrested outside parliament
- 10-Sep-2024
Islamabad police took more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders into custody who had sought refuge inside the parliament house, ARY News reported. The Capital police arrested MNAs Zain Qureshi and Sheikh Waqas Akram from inside the Parliament House. Additionally, police detained Owais Ahmed Chatha, Syed Shah Ahmed, Sunni Ittehad Council’s Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Yousaf Khan, Maulana […]